When I was young I used to say: Romance @3will come@1 riding by And I shall surely smile And play with him awhile. When I grew older then I said: Romance @3may come@1 riding by I wonder shall I smile And play with him awhile? But now— Alas! I only say: Romance @3never will@1 come by And I shall never smile He has been dead the while! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHERE A ROMAN VILLA STOOD, ABOVE FREIBURG' by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 12 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI MOLLY PITCHER [JUNE 28, 1778] by KATE BROWNLEE SHERWOOD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, BY OUR OWN TOM DALY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS ON THE LATE S.T. COLERIDGE by WASHINGTON ALLSTON |